Pane-attaching means.



10.849.112. PATENTD APR. z, 19o?.

' R. c. PINGAL & T. PABRIN.

' PANE ATTAGHING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent. j

Patented April 2, 1907,

Application filed July 11,1906. Serial No. 325,598.

.T o (M whom, t may concern:

Be it known that We., ROBERT C. FINGAL and THOMAS FABniN, citizens ot the United `1 btates, residing at Aurora, in the county ot vg Kane and. State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in laiie-fltl taehing Means, ot' which the following is a E speciiication.

The invention relates to an improved means lor attaching `glass panes to structural metallic framing, eompreheudiiig speeiliezilly a construction ot framing whereby to ilixedly secure the panes in plat-e without the use ot j' the ordinary screws.

'lhe invention is primarily designed for securingthe heavy panes used ni display- \\fiiid ws, the iiiziin ohjeet residing in the pro-.

vision ol" a fastening means for securing the panes to the structural traine affainstposse l l l l t bility of disconnection, the speeiiie. details of and preterably shaped to provide an ornathe securing means permitting the readyinsertion or removal of the pane in a convenient and expeditious manner.

The invention will be described in the following speeitietit'ion, reference being had partieularly to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a broken front elevation illustrating the application of the glass panes to the ventral bar of the window strueture. Fig. 2 is a rear 'elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a broken sectional View showing a modified loi'm ol seruring means.

l)isplay-\\'in(,lows ol the type to whieh the invention applies are, it will be-ui'idei'stood, made up ol' structural metalliestrips, which in the ease olI a eomparative `small window out line the form and shape oll the window. 'The larger windows, however, as in store windows or the'lilte, are ordinarily provided with a if'et'tieally-disposed centrally-arranged strip \\-hi h divides the trame in two parts, and the mitral strip is arranged to rereive the side edges oll the panes making up the. window.

.ls shown, the improved securing means is illustrated in connection with the ventral strip' ol'v the frame, which, as stated, is

' Central Strip l being illustrated. This strip comprises a lae 2, which may be ornamented to any desired degree, and is vtermed at the edges with side strips or 'faces 3, eX-.

tending :it right angles to and inwardly from the faeestrip. At the inner edges of the side faces are formed laterally-projeeting,T flanges 4, which extend throughout the length of the side fates and are designed to :form the inner rest or support for the glass. The flanges 4 extend in parallel relation to the face ofthe strip and may be of any width desired, though` preferably just sulleient to forni a substantial support for the glass. Atdeter niinate intervals throughout the length the Harige 4 is provided with openings 5, preferably disposed immediately adjacent the junoture of said flange with the side face of the strip.

A securing-section 6, also otsheet metal mental iinisli, is 'formed with a relatively inner edge 7, designed in use to rest snugly against the side face 3 oiC the 'frame-stip. lironi the portion 7 of the securing-section projeet pins 8, Jformed in their inner or free* ends with openings t). rlhe pins are edualin number to the opei'iings 5 in the 'llanges 4 and so disposed relative, to the length oi the securing-section that when said section is in place the pins are adapted to register with and pass through said openings'.

ln securing the glass l() in place the proximate edge thereof is plaeed against the ilange 4 of the frame-strip and the seeuring- Y section brought into Contact with the opposite face ol5 the glass, the lingers S passing through openings 5 in the tlange-plate. Keys ll are then inserted in the openings 9 in lingers, the proximate surface of the lange 4 being preferably eut out, as at l2, for the reception oi' the key. The securingi seetion is thus looked rela-tire to the llange adapted to support the two panes, though it l 'curing-sermon may he protected by interis to be understood that' the invention is intended and designed lor applieation to the end` and side strips, though the latter aren adapted lor supporting the edge ot but a single pane, as will he evident.

'lhe window-trame is made ot sheet-metal strips ormimented to the desired degree, the

4, and as the edge of the glass is snugly held between said section and 'llange independent movement thereofv or possibility ot' disconner-tion is prevented.

li" preferred, the glass lares instead ol" being direetly engaged by the llange l and seshown .in the preferred l'orin e'xeep i LII laiorally-projecting i and is 'the piu 8 is l f angg l l l engaged boyoncl lll" 'with mult Eil, Wlrle' sec'noz ln plaag 1,- is ol? muws@ lo side fill-ips;

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frmue when desired to po 0lE the glass. lt is to be pal'livulaa'ly nolioll that no scows or other Iwglnivoly 'lo i securing moams are usool :md iilx'al; slm keys l 1 .in ho pololld lm'm mul the Nits x4 lu f tho moc l form provid in l'e ;t, the solo mom s lol holding alle lng metallic l ps liwg i'l mcd with m P-su ppm-tuig 'll aio i and nV Seurlnggsootlou to cooperate with? Sail ilange, said soutien boing lommd with said ps porting' flexing( Qngfv, strips projecting l'o'm Slm vollem al, lotcrmlmte points llu'ouglxout its length and adapted to be pz'issodluougll vlps, @noix of Halllsmips homo' formell with mnosupporting flange, a, sounTing-suction 'for giuri; llmlgo, strom projectmg 'from the V sooton al. deflolminale points through/lull, 's 

